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Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane Fox, (1827-1900), Lieutenant General, anthropologist and archaeologist

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Surname: Pitt-Rivers
Forenames: Augustus Henry Lane Fox
Gender: Male
Date: 1827-1900
History: Lieutenant-general, anthropologist, and archaeologist. Assumed name of Pitt-Rivers in 1880. First Inspector of Ancient Monuments (1882).
Biography: ODNB link for Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt- (1827-1900) Lieutenant General Anthropologist Archaeologist
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275090 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P137603 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1666-2005: Records of Ancient Monuments Branches and Inspectorates
2
1878-1890: Office of Works: Ancient Monuments Inspectorate: Pitt Rivers' Sketch Books
The National Archives, Kew
3
professional and archaeological corresp and papers
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
NRA 20212
4
1791-1896: family and personal papers
Dorset History Centre
NRA 635
5
1878-90: archaeological sketchbooks (16 vols)
The National Archives
6
notebooks (10 vols) rel to the archaeology of weapons
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
NRA 18641 Nat Army Mus misc
7
1867: MS notes on language and music
Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)
NRA 28398 Somerset Arch Soc
8
catalogue of the library at the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Farnham
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
See Annual Return 2004
9
1882: memo on the teaching of anthropology
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
10
corresp with Sir Henry Dryden
Northamptonshire Archives Service
NRA 14253
11
c1950-2000: corresp rel to the Ancient Monuments Act 1882
Historic England Archive
See Annual Return 2013